What they mean is that there is no mushroom that will kill you from touch or even chewing and then spitting. Amanita Phaloides needs around 20g of dry mushroom to kill a healthy human. I chewed some before and spat it out just to know what it tastes like, the only reason I won’t send a video of me doing it is because I want to stay anonymous.
There are however some scleroderma that can cause conjunctivitis from touching them and then touching your eyes.
Taste testing is a tool for mushroom identification, not in this case because it’s actually quite easy to identify A. Phalloides without tasting it, I did it out of curiosity.
There is a species called russula that edibility is identified by tasting the raw mushroom to detect if they have some “pepperiness” (not edible when they have it).
Up front, yeah, I absolutely didn’t read all of that.
I am an amateur forager, and while I’m confident enough to sight identify common edibles and eat them, I don’t consider myself to “know about mushrooms” either. My problem with your comment is that it’s just as bad as AI giving advice; people might skim through and take it as fact without reading your little disclaimer, just like people skim through and take AI as fact without knowing better. That probably seems fine on the surface because your comment is just the opposite of the meme and, if followed, your advice will definitely prevent anyone getting poisoned. Unfortunately, it also will really discourage anyone interested in foraging. I’d hate for someone to miss out on a fun, healthy hobby because you can’t just keep your shit to your self.
Lemmy has communities where people who know what they’re talking about can give actual good advice. Please seek one out!
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What they mean is that there is no mushroom that will kill you from touch or even chewing and then spitting. Amanita Phaloides needs around 20g of dry mushroom to kill a healthy human. I chewed some before and spat it out just to know what it tastes like, the only reason I won’t send a video of me doing it is because I want to stay anonymous.
There are however some scleroderma that can cause conjunctivitis from touching them and then touching your eyes.
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Taste testing is a tool for mushroom identification, not in this case because it’s actually quite easy to identify A. Phalloides without tasting it, I did it out of curiosity.
There is a species called russula that edibility is identified by tasting the raw mushroom to detect if they have some “pepperiness” (not edible when they have it).
Up front, yeah, I absolutely didn’t read all of that. I am an amateur forager, and while I’m confident enough to sight identify common edibles and eat them, I don’t consider myself to “know about mushrooms” either. My problem with your comment is that it’s just as bad as AI giving advice; people might skim through and take it as fact without reading your little disclaimer, just like people skim through and take AI as fact without knowing better. That probably seems fine on the surface because your comment is just the opposite of the meme and, if followed, your advice will definitely prevent anyone getting poisoned. Unfortunately, it also will really discourage anyone interested in foraging. I’d hate for someone to miss out on a fun, healthy hobby because you can’t just keep your shit to your self.
Lemmy has communities where people who know what they’re talking about can give actual good advice. Please seek one out!